The highly anticipatedDeadpoolthreequel, currently titledDeadpool 3, continues to round out its all-star cast, addingSuccessionstar and Emmy Award winnerMatthew Macfadyento the Marvel fray. Revealed viaDeadline, Macfadyen joins the likes of Ryan Reynolds as the titular Deadpool and Hugh Jackman, who will make his triumphant return as Wolverine. Frustratingly, it is currently unknown who Macfadyen will play.
English actor Matthew Macfadyen has been a staple on the both the big and small screens for some time thanks to roles in the likes ofSpooks, Ripper Street, Quiz, Frost/Nixon, Robin Hood, The Three Musketeers,andAnna Karenina. Best known for playing the literary icon Mr. Darcy in 2005’sPride & Prejudice, Macfadyen’s star has risen rapidly thanks to his role in the hit HBO seriesSuccession.Which is currently now airing its fourth and final season.
Portraying one of several main characters alongside the likes of Brian Cox, Kieran Culkin, Alan Ruck, Sarah Snook, and Jeremy Strong, Macfadyen’s performance inSuccessionhas been met with critical acclaim and awards aplenty, with the actor now the recipient of a Primetime Emmy Award, two BAFTA Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
Macfadyen joins both Reynolds and Jackman inDeadpool 3, and while details of his role are being kept under wraps, it’s easy to imagine him perhaps playing a villain alongsideThe Crownstar Emma Corrin,who was added to the Marvel threequel back in February.
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Will Deadpool 3 Find the Antihero Doing Battle with the TVA?
While plot details forDeadpool 3remain largely under wraps,a new synopsis has revealed that the sequel is"Another chapter in the raunchy, violent, and of course, hilarious Deadpool series." Which, adding to the frustration, is rather vague and does not tell us much at all about the direction of the follow-up.
However, it is now hotly rumored thatDeadpool 3will see Ryan Reynolds’ Wade Wilson and Hugh Jackman’s Logan embarking on a road trip,an overall plot that Reynolds revealed some years agofollowing the acquisition of 20th Century Fox by Disney. With the idea of a road trip in mind, many have since speculated that theDeadpoolthreequel could take a decidedly Deadpool-esque meta-approach and follow Wade Wilson and Logan as they attempt to leave the crumbling Fox universe behind in favor of the MCU.
Further theories and rumors have claimed thatDeadpool 3will feature several characters from the Disney+ seriesLoki, including Owen Wilson as Mobius M. Mobius,suggesting that Wade and Logan will be up against the TVA (Time Variance Authority).The reason for their inclusion could be due to Deadpool’s desire to escape his universe, or it could be thanks to his meddling with time during the closing moments ofDeadpool 2. Either way,Deadpool 3is shaping up to be a multiversal madness of an adventure.
Directed by Shawn Levy and written by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick,Deadpool 3is scheduled to be released on July 26, 2025, as part of Phase Six of the MCU.
